Finance at Upper Iowa University

If you are interested in studying finance, you may want to check out the program at Upper Iowa University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UIU is located in Fayette, Iowa and approximately 4,392 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 30 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from UIU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Finance section at the bottom of this page.

UIU Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
• Master’s Degree in Finance

Online Classes Are Available at UIU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UIU does offer online courses in finance for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UIU Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at UIU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at UIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Finance Graduate Certificate Schools	6
Best Finance Graduate Certificate Schools	14
Most Focused Finance Graduate Certificate Schools	15
Most Focused Finance Master’s Degree Schools	46
Most Popular Finance Master’s Degree Schools	70
Most Focused Finance Schools	181
Most Popular Finance Schools	252
Most Popular Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	306
Most Focused Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	331
Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	367

In 2019, 19 students received their master’s degree in finance from UIU. This makes it the #70 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Finance Student Demographics at UIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the finance majors at Upper Iowa University.

UIU Finance Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 30 finance majors earned their bachelor's degree from UIU. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at UIU since its program graduates 20% more women than average.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at UIU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Upper Iowa University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	26
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UIU Finance Master’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 19 finance majors earned their master's degree from UIU. Of these graduates, 63% were men and 37% were women.

Of the students who received a finance master's degree from UIU, 68% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Upper Iowa University with a master's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UIU also has a doctoral program available in finance. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Upper Iowa University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
General and Operations Managers	23,570	$99,720
Financial Managers	8,630	$114,620
Loan Officers	4,540	$67,580
Financial Analysts	2,410	$83,230
Chief Executives	2,020	$211,560

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By SheilaJMiller under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.